Portsmouth City Council
Portsmouth City Council | |
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Council Logo | |
Type | |
Type |
Unitary authority council |
Houses | Unicameral |
Term limits | None |
Leadership | |
Leader | |
Lord Mayor | |
Chief Executive |
David Williams |
Structure | |
19 / 42 | |
12 / 42 | |
UKIP |
5 / 42 |
4 / 42 | |
Independent |
2 / 42 |
Elections | |
Last election | Portsmouth City Council election, 2014 |
Next election | Thursday 7 May 2015 [3] |
Website | |
Portsmouth City Council Website |
Portsmouth City Council is the local authority of the city of Portsmouth. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority.
Powers and functions
The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. For the purposes of local government, Portsmouth is within a non-metropolitan area of England. As a unitary authority, Portsmouth City Council has the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates, it processes local planning applications, it is responsible for housing, waste collection and environmental health. In its capacity as a county council it is a local education authority, responsible for social services, libraries and waste disposal.
Councillors
This is a list of Portsmouth City Councillors by Ward[4]
Councillor | Political Party | Ward |
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Steve Hastings | UK Independence Party | Baffins |
Darren Sanders | Liberal Democrat | Baffins |
Lynne Stagg | Liberal Democrat | Baffins |
Margaret Adair | Liberal Democrat | Central Southsea |
Lee Hunt | Liberal Democrat | Central Southsea |
Phil Smith | Liberal Democrat | Central Southsea |
Margaret Foster | Liberal Democrat | Charles Dickens |
Paul Godier | Non Aligned Independent | Charles Dickens |
Steven Wylie | Liberal Democrat | Charles Dickens |
Alicia Denny | UK Independence Party | Copnor |
Robert New | Conservative | Copnor |
Neill Young | Conservative | Copnor |
Aiden Gray | Labour | Cosham |
Hannah Hockaday | Conservative | Cosham |
Lee Mason | Conservative | Cosham |
Simon Bosher | Conservative | Drayton & Farlington |
Ken Ellcome | Conservative | Drayton & Farlington |
Steve Wemyss | Conservative | Drayton & Farlington |
Terry Hall | Liberal Democrat | Eastney & Craneswater |
Luke Stubbs | Conservative | Eastney & Craneswater |
Matthew Winnington | Liberal Democrat | Eastney & Craneswater |
David Fuller | Liberal Democrat | Fratton |
Eleanor Scott | Independent | Fratton |
Julie Swan | UK Independence Party | Fratton |
Frank Jonas | Conservative | Hilsea |
Donna Jones | Conservative | Hilsea |
Alistair Thompson | Conservative | Hilsea |
Ben Dowling | Liberal Democrat | Milton |
Will Purvis | Liberal Democrat | Milton |
Gerald Vernon-Jackson | Liberal Democrat | Milton |
Ken Ferrett | Labour | Nelson |
Colin Galloway | UK Independence Party | Nelson |
Leo Madden | Liberal Democrat | Nelson |
John Ferrett | Labour | Paulsgrove |
David Horne | Labour | Paulsgrove |
Stuart Potter | UK Independence Party | Paulsgrove |
Michael Andrewes | Liberal Democrat | St Jude |
Hugh Mason | Liberal Democrat | St Jude |
Linda Symes | Conservative | St Jude |
Les Stevens | Liberal Democrat | St Thomas |
Sandra Stockdale | Liberal Democrat | St Thomas |
Rob Wood | Liberal Democrat | St Thomas |
References
- ↑ http://democracy.portsmouth.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=135
- ↑ https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/ext/the-council/lord-mayor/the-current-lord-mayor-of-portsmouth.aspx
- ↑ http://democracy.portsmouth.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=3&RPID=500569998
- ↑ http://democracy.portsmouth.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=TABLE&PIC=1
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